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Rear seat weight
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:05 pm
by integritywood
Finally ready to start my training with my '48 C-GYHC. I have the rear seat removed and don't plan on reinstalling it till I have my PPL. Does anyone have a figure on the stock rear seat weight I could use for my weight and balance calc? I could drag a scale to the airport but the seat happens to be locked in a friends hangar and its hard to get a hold of him. Sure have appreciated the vast wealth of info I've found here.
Kim
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:12 pm
by hilltop170
Kim-
It will totally depend on what kind and how much upholstery and padding you have on your seat. The one that came out of my 170 weighs 34lb including the attached seat belts.
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:27 pm
by falco
supposed to be 29 pounds, iirc, mine was 36# with the heavy "boat vinyl" upholstery right over the top of the original upholstery.
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:40 am
by integritywood
Thanks, should give me a place to start
Kim
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:59 am
by sfarringer
Mine was 25 pounds...........
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:33 am
by 907Pilot
My stock 1949 "A" weighs 30 pounds.
On a similar note, maybe a dumb question. I took out my seat the other day and misplaced my bolts. Is this a big deal?
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:40 pm
by sfarringer
Only if you want to put it back in..........
If you want to put it back, you could look up the correct bolts in the IPC.
Re: Rear seat weight
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:17 pm
by jrenwick
sfarringer wrote:Only if you want to put it back in..........
If you want to put it back, you could look up the correct bolts in the IPC.
Those bolts need replacing fairly often, in my experience, just from removing and replacing the seat yearly for the annual inspection.